It is time we pull and swim together

May 24, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,

While the 50th anniversary of our independence from Great Britain is truly a cause for celebration, should we reflect on the mismanagement of our Independence so that we can chart a course away from the racial divide that has fractionalized our country as the politics of one racial group surpass its predecessor’s corruption? When we sought our Independence, we had a sense of right and wrong and goodwill for all our people and nation. However, kleptocracy, cold war politics, racism, corruption, despotism, crime and other factors resulted in migration, indifference and resignation with the status quo because we are a party to the soup. To break this cycle, we have a coalition government that is giving us a glimpse of hope in what might be a tenuous future.
The coalition government arrived when the latest grab for Guyana was at a critical point. We still do not know the effects this grab will have on Guyana. Moreover, it begs the question – are we truly an independent nation? This will not be the last grab for Guyana, so it is vital that Guyanese unite to withstand the onslaught of future exploiters, from within and without, who will try to undermine the green partnership Guyana has with Norway and, most importantly, the world. If we give away our resources by having our irreplaceable rainforest destroyed in the quest for gold and diamond, we will be throwing away our one jewel that is more precious than our nation will ever be.
During this Independence Day of reflection, I have hope for Guyana. African/Indian Guyanese have suffered under the other’s racial governance and racial crimes. No race has the moral high ground, for every race is represented among the criminal element in our society. The fifty years of blood from innocent victims and the tears of their relatives from our six people salt our rivers. If we are truly citizens of our independent country, we must all engage in nurturing our people and our country’s Independence. If we want to be “one people, one nation and with one ‘resplendent’ destiny,” we must have one justice for all. If we truly love Guyana, the land of our birth, we should not ask what we want from Guyana but what we want for Guyana. As children of Guyana’s Independence, we have had growing pains, but we, at 50, are too old to point fingers and say we are victims of imperialism and “foreign” influence. It is time we come forth from the shade to cleanse our country from the garbage, political and social, that has sullied our country and stymied the growth of our people and nation.
Stanley Niamatali

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